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Thin films are nowadays utilized in many applications, ranging from semiconductor devices to optical coatings and are even present in pharmaceuticals (polymers). This wide-spread application of films with thicknesses from atomic monolayers to microns is due to the developments of thin film deposition techniques. Thin films are also important for studies of materials with new and unique properties due to the possibility of tuning their crystallographic and morphological properties. The thin film approach, i.e. the presence of interfaces (to a substrate or the film surface) adds more degrees of freedom for influencing the properties of materials, e.g. by lattice strain or surface functionalization. For these fundamental studies of material properties large research facilities such as synchrotron radiation or neutron spallation sources are one of the keys that the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) provides.
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Upcoming Seminars
TFI GUEST SEMINAR
Date: Thursday 27 June, 2024, 16:00
Topic: CO2 hydrogenation selectivity shift over In-Co binary oxides catalysts
Guest speaker: Prof. Limin Guo, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Room: OFLG/401
LMX SEMINAR
Date: Thursday 4 July, 2024, 13:00
Speaker: Jeffrey Brock
Room: OSGA/EG06
TFI GUEST SEMINAR
Date: Friday 5 July, 2024, 10:00
Topic: Understanding the role of interfaces and grain boundaries in fuel cells and batteries
Guest speaker: Prof. Kulbir Ghuman, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). Université du Québec, Canada
Room: OFLG/402
TFI SEMINAR
Date: Monday 8 July, 2024, 16:00
Title: TBA
Speaker: Anna Hartl
Room: OFLG/402
TFI Literature meeting
Date: Monday 12 July, 2024, 16:00
Speaker: Adil Baiju & Kyle Stephens
Room: OFLG/401
LMX SEMINAR
Date: Thursday 25 July, 2024, 13:00
Speaker: Sourav Sahoo
Room: OSGA/EG06
TFI SEMINAR
Date: Wednesday 28 August, 2024, 16:00
Title: TBA
Speaker: Fatima Haydous
Room: OFLG/402
Upcoming Conferences
April 2024
2024 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
April 22-26, 2024 Seattle, Washington, USA
May 7-9, 2024 Virtual
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June 2024
ECAPD 2024
European Conference on Applications of Polar Dielectrics
June 16-19, 2024 Trondheim, Norway
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September 2024
iWOE-30 2024
International Workshop on Oxide Electronics
September 29.-2.October 2024 , Darmstadt, Germany
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Scientific Highlights
Student projects at the Thin Films and Interfaces Group
Most of the time we have student projects related to the work we do. Just talk to us if you are interested in something we are working on not advertised on our pages.
Currently, we are looking for a Semester or Master Student on the topic of ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFETs).
If anyone is interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Thomas Lippert (thomas.lippert@psi.ch) or Dr Nikita Shepelin (nikita.shepelin@psi.ch).
PhD projects at the Thin Films and Interfaces Group
At present, we have no open PhD positions available. Other open positions are always published on the PSI Open Positions page.